Science: Doubts about Polywater

As he often does on an easy afternoon, Bell Labs Chemist Dennis Rousseau
drove to some nearby handball courts last June and played a vigorous
game. But this time his purpose was strictly scientific. After
returning to work, Rousseau wrung out his sweaty T shirt, collected the
perspiration in a flask, evaporated it to a gummy residue, and then
carefully analyzed it with an infra-red spectrometer. He found exactly
what he was looking for: his sweat exhibited spectral characteristics
similar to those of the mysterious and highly controversial substance
called polywater.